Bourbon Steak

Bourbon Steak looks like a high-roller steak house in the Westin St. Francis space that used to house the Compass Rose and Michael Mina. With the soaring columns, rich wood and large screened windows overlooking Union Square, it feels like a grand restaurant of a bygone era. Yet Mina has created a menu that modernizes the genre. Steaks are slow-poached in butter before being seared and finished on the grill so they're crusty and juicy. Accompaniments are a step above, too. Creamed corn, for example, has a light sauce, with a smattering of tempura-fried kernels on top and a dusting of corn powder added tableside.